Coub

Coub
Type of site
Video sharing
Founder(s)
  • Anton Gladkoborodov
  • Igor Gladkoborodov
  • Mikhail Tabunov
URLcoub.com
Launched2012

Coub is a Russian video streaming platform available on the web, iOS and Android. It allows users to create and share looped audio-visual collages up to ten seconds long, using existing video clips from YouTube, Vimeo, and other popular video sharing websites, or their own files.[1][2] Founded in 2012 by brothers Anton and Igor Gladkoborodov, the company started in Moscow, Russia.[3] The company announced its plans to open the office in United States in July 2013, subsequently based in New York City.[3][4][5] On 1 January 2020, the company's founder Anton Gladkoborodov left the company, and CMTT, the Russian internet publishing house that used to be one of the platform's minority stakeholders, took over the project.[6] Since April 2022, Coub has been operated by a "private tech company headquartered in Switzerland".[7]

  1. ^ "What is a coub?". Coub.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Coub, Create Catchy, 10-Second Looping Videos Using Content From YouTube and Vimeo". Laughingsquid.com. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Startup looks to provide Russia's answer to Youtube". Russia beyond. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Coub Raises $1M For Its Gif-Like Looping Music Videos Service". TechCrunch. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ "WATCH: Steve Ballmer is hardcore. Harrrrdcore. Plus, Sarah Palin gets iced". The Business Journal. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Сервис с короткими видео Coub перешёл под контроль "Комитета" — издателя vc.ru, TJ и DTF" [Short video service Coub is now under the control of "The Committee", publisher of vc.ru, TJ, and DTF] (in Russian). VC.ru. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Coub news #5". Coub. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.